Sports Roundup From New York June 23
Hall of notes and anecdotes from sports and war bond events. Billy Conn jokes about window washing after boxing but cites four weeks at Fort Jay hospital. Various players and managers share quips and futures while fans rally behind war bonds and local games.
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New York
Billy Conn
Fort Jay
Heinie Groh
Don DiMaggio
Giants
Don
Speed Wilson
Cornell
Denison College
Page Jimmy Dykes
Major League Team Standings and Tonight's Games
National League results show Cincinnati at New York and Chicago at Philadelphia with St Louis at Boston. Pittsburg visits Brooklyn as yesterday’s schedule had no league games.
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Chicago
N. Y
St. L
Boston
Detroit
Phila
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pitts
Brooklyn
L. Pet. G. B
New York
Boston Weee
Detroit Ree
St. Louis
Chicago Ee
Philadelphia
Washington
Pet
G. B. Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cane
Naval base staffs expert coaching at Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi naval base announces an all-star training staff. Lieut Clyde Lee coaches football after years with Kilgore Junior College and TW JCAC titles. Lieut Jack Gray, ex Texas U basketball coach, leads basketball. Ensign Bobby Kamrath, ex Texas U tennis, coaches tennis. Lieut Marty Karow, ex Texas A&M coach, oversees baseball. Ensign Bill Stages, ex Aggie end, serves as physical education instructor.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus Christi Naval Base
Clyde Lee
Texas Junior College Athletic
Ensign
Bill Stages
Aggie
Fights Last Night AP Boxing Results
Chicago Billy Marquart 147 defeated Cleo McNeal 147 by technical knockout in Barberton Ohio. Charles Lulu Constantino 128 1 4 beat Georgie Hansford 128 3 4 by technical knockout in New Orleans. Fritzie Zivic 150 1 2 beat Bob Britton 151 1 2 by technical knockout in Wilkes Barre. Carmen Notch 146 outpointed Pete Spotts 149 in Cecil Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Billy Marquart
Winnipeg
Can
Cleo McNeal
Barberton
New Orleans
Charles
Lulu) Constantino
New York
Georgie Hansford
Los Angeles
Wilkes-Barre
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
Bob Britton
Miami
Carmen Notch
Pete Spotti
Cecil
Legumes Improve Soil and Attract Wildlife
Biologists from the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries say keeping soil covered with legumes benefits soil health and offers food and cover for wildlife after crops are harvested. They recommend harrowing cowpeas into wheat stubble or sowing soybeans after harvest when clover or legumes are lacking, noting quail and turkeys eat cowpeas and soy beans and conserve wildlife foods through winter.
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Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Women and War's Aftermath A Forecast of 1940s Progress
Adelaide Kerr argues that wartime changes will boost women’s roles in reconstruction housing education and welfare. War service will instill discipline and teamwork, expanding influence in international economics and business. Women will pursue new industrial and global opportunities, growing personally and professionally as many men serve in the armed forces.
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Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
United States
Woman's Club
Times
Virginia Farmers Urged To Save Nesting Game Birds
Officials of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries urge farmers to protect bobwhite quail nests during nesting season. They recommend flushing bars or similar devices attached to mowers to detect birds early and prevent eggs or nests from being destroyed by blades.
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Virginia
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Rubber research and daily bike commute noted in Pittsburgh dispatch
A June 23 report highlights a scientist’s work on synthetic rubber and his routine bike ride of 15 miles from his hometown to the large institutional building, underscoring dedication to both research and health.
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Pittsburgh
Holiday Travel Should Be A Vacation Guide
Chicago travel officials warn July 4 weekend will test wartime limits as rail troop movements and material, fuel, and tire shortages strain trips. Officials urge last minute plan changes, flexible schedules, and travel agent advice to avoid disappointment while millions of troops travel by rail and civilian trips run near normal. Remember sugar ration rules for meals.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Son
Johnny
Minnie
Jennie
George A. Kelly
Pullman Company
Kelly
Great Lakes
Ress
Elevator boy at courthouse uses running gag for riders
In Beckley West Virginia the courthouse elevator boy entertains riders by pretending an elevator in a pig department store. He lists a parade of offenders including drunks kidnapers murderers moonshiners bootleggers and more as the doors close.
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Beckley
W. Va
Brak Yee of Service Requires Heavy Wool Fleece
A historical note states Brak Yee of service requires 200 pounds of wool, representing the fleece gathered from 26 sheep. The item emphasizes the heavy material standard tied to service or duty in the period.
No Tickets Are Needed For Lunch Follies
Broadway launches the lunch time follies a fast moving revue aimed at tired workers. Shipyard employees at Todd Erie Basin Dry Docks in Brooklyn watched sketches by Kaufman and Hart and songs by Ann Francine as they ate lunch, with performances by Sunny O'Dea and Harrison and Fisher. The shipyard pledged funds to support a weekly noon show and a midnight show for night workers.
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New York
Broadway
American Theater Warning
Todd Erie Basin Dry Docks
Brooklyn
Sunny O'Dea
Harrison
Fisher
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
Ann Francine
Jones
Alan Reed
Theatre Wing
Tomato vines promise bumper crop at Bellflower station
Victory Prank in Bellflower California. Arthur Steinman was angry when kids smeared his station with tomatoes last Halloween but now tomato vines have sprouted in the station parkway and prospects for a bumper crop are good.
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Bellflower
Calif
Arthur Steinman
Baylor School golf team wins Midsouth title with perfect season
Atlanta report notes Bob Jones III son of the golfing great played No. 4 for Baylor School. The team did not lose a match and captured the Midsouth title this season.
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Atlanta
Bob Jones III
Baylor School
Midway Battle Ends Japanese Ambition For Power
WenDell Webb reports that the Midway clash crippled and scattered the Japanese armada. American air and sea forces repelled a massive invasion fleet, sinking multiple carriers and battleships and driving the enemy from the Pacific area.
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Battle of
Midways
America
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Navy
Japan
Midway
Buckeyes to Shave Weight One-Third From Roster
Streamlined Buckeyes in Columbus report that Ohio State football will not list a 200 pound regular for the first time in over a decade based on spring training indications.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Bout scoring by judges and referee in Pastor Bivins bout
Williams had Bivins winning five to four with one even, Parker gave Pastor seven two and even, and referee Sedley ruled Pastor eight to two. The timer end question confirms a goal counts if scored on the period end. The Kentucky Derby winner owner was Mrs R M Hoots.
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Bob Pastor
Jimmy Bivins
Divvy Williams
Bivins
Jim Parker
Pastor
Joe Sedley
Gasoline Tax Decline Reported in Virginia May Returns
Richmond reports May gasoline tax collections fell to 1 711 200.17 from 2 188 455.36 last year as rationing began. For five months revenues total 8 943 374.50 versus 9 469 708.90 in 1941, with Joyner noting year to date still ahead of 1940. The U S Navy's 1911 landing on the Pennsylvania is recalled.
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Richmond
Virginia
O. F Joyner, Jr
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Clementetes
Joyner
V Mail Service Planned For Overseas Service
The Postoffice Department proposes a V mail system to aid overseas service members. Mail will be on gummed sheets forming a letter and envelope that can be folded and sealed. Free to service members, three sheets per person per day, with microfilmed letters sent abroad and a photo copy delivered to the destination.
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Postoffice Department
Messag
United States
Police Borrowed Gear Stolen from Team Car
In Columbia, June 238, the city policemen's baseball team played with borrowed equipment after a car carrying their paraphernalia was stolen.
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Columbia
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